#4E2B9C#4E2B9C

#4E2B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.171 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B9C
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(259, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 43.12, -55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 70.54, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0612 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.171 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0048, 5.7474, 32.0282)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B9C #799C2B

analogous

#2B419C #4E2B9C #872B9C

triadic

#4E2B9C #9C4E2B #2B9C4E

tetradic

#4E2B9C #9C2B41 #799C2B #2B9C87

square

#4E2B9C #9C2B41 #799C2B #2B9C87

split-complementary

#4E2B9C #9C872B #419C2B

monochromatic

#1E113C #361E6C #4E2B9C #673BC9 #8C6BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E2B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E2B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B9C

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B9C	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.171 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ba',
    500: '#4e2b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b9c;
$custom-light: #8768ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.584,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40498,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B9C

secondary

#A2BD66

accent

#E048B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B9C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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